Learning To Sneak Healthy Ingredients Into Family Meals

by Stacie on May 14, 2009

We’ve been very fortunate to have kids who eat well. But we do have trouble introducing new foods now that our kids are older. We insist that they at least try a food before rejecting it, but now I have a new weapon. I’m learning how to sneak healthy ingredients into foods that my family already likes. We’ve had brownies with spinach, blueberries, oat bran, and wheat germ. This morning we had breakfast cookies with ricotta cheese, wheat germ, and whole grain cereal. We were all very impressed. Of course I didn’t tell the kids what was in it–not until they are old enough to handle the truth. And I didn’t tell my husband until he had tasted the food first:).

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If your baby is at least one year old (because I assume you have introduced a variety of solid foods by this age) and has no known allergies, you may want to try some of the recipes in The Sneaky Chef books. I know many of you fellow mommies will enjoy being sneaky too. Let me know if you try some sneaky recipes.

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Holly - The Work at Home Woman May 22, 2009 at 7:58 pm

I will have to check out The Sneaky Chef, my daughter is a super picky eater! Thank goodness she likes fruit! Those brownies sound yummy and they are good for you – yippee!

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Stacie Elliott Reply:

Thanks for stopping by Holly. I hope your daughter enjoys some sneaky food. It can difficult dealing with our picky eaters. Good luck with it!

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